The Guksu (Korean: 국수전, Hanja: 國手戰) was a Go competition in South Korea. It was held 59 times beginning in 1956, and was discontinued in 2016.
Outline The Guksu was a Go competition held by the Hanguk Kiwon, and sponsored by The Dong-a Ilbo. Guksu literally means 'hand of the nation', or essentially the best player in the country. It was the longest-running Korean Go competition. Each year, a tournament was held to determine a challenger, who would play against the defending champion. (The only exceptions were the 1st Guksu and the 53rd Guksu in 2009, when the titleholder Lee Sedol went on leave and did not defend his title.)
When the competition was last held (the 59th Guksu), the winner's prize was 45 million won, and the runner-up's prize was 15 million won.
Past winners and runners-up Year Winner Score Runner-up 1 1956 Cho Namchul Shin Ho-yeol 2 1957 7–0 Min Yeong-hyeon 3 1958 4–0 Kim Myeong-hwan 4 1959 2–1 Kim Myeong-hwan 5 1960 2–1 Kim Bong-seon 6 1961 3–1 Kim In 7 1962 3–1 Lee Chang-se 8 1963 3–2 Lee Chang-se 9 1964 3–1 Yun Ki-hyeon 10 1965 Kim In 3–1 Cho Namchul 11 1966 3–0 Yun Ki-hyeon 12 1967 3–0 Yun Ki-hyeon 13 1968 3–1 Cho Namchul 14 1969 3–0 Kim Jae-gu 15 1970 3–2 Cho Namchul 16 1971 Yun Ki-hyeon 3–2 Kim In 17 1972 3–1 No Yeong-ha 18 1973 Ha Chan-seok 3–1 Yun Ki-hyeon 19 1974 3–1 Kang Cheol-min 20 1976 Cho Hun-hyeon 3–1 Ha Chan-seok 21 1977 3–0 Hong Jong-hyeon 22 1978 3–0 Kim Sujang 23 1979 3–0 Ha Chan-seok 24 1980 3–0 Seo Bong-soo 25 1981 3–1 Seo Bong-soo 26 1982 3–1 Seo Bong-soo 27 1983 3–2 Seo Bong-soo 28 1984 3–1 Seo Bong-soo 29 1985 3–0 Seo Bong-soo 30 1986 Seo Bong-soo 3–0 Cho Hun-hyeon 31 1987 3–1 Cho Hun-hyeon 32 1988 Cho Hun-hyeon 3–0 Seo Bong-soo 33 1989 3–1 Lee Chang-ho 34 1990 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Cho Hun-hyeon 35 1991 Cho Hun-hyeon 3–2 Lee Chang-ho 36 1992 3–1 Lee Chang-ho 37 1993 Lee Chang-ho 3–0 Cho Hun-hyeon 38 1994 3–2 Cho Hun-hyeon 39 1995 3–1 Cho Hun-hyeon 40 1996 3–2 Cho Hun-hyeon 41 1997 3–1 Seo Bong-soo 42 1998 Cho Hun-hyeon 2–0 Lee Chang-ho 43 1999 Rui Naiwei 2–1 Cho Hun-hyeon 44 2000 Cho Hun-hyeon 3–0 Rui Naiwei 45 2001 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Cho Hun-hyeon 46 2002 3–0 Cho Han-seung 47 2003 Choi Cheol-han 3–2 Lee Chang-ho 48 2004 3–0 Lee Chang-ho 49 2005 Lee Chang-ho 3–2 Choi Cheol-han 50 2006 Yun Jun-sang 3–1 Lee Chang-ho 51 2007 Lee Sedol 3–0 Yun Jun-sang 52 2008 3–1 Mok Jin-seok 53 2009 Lee Chang-ho 3–1 Hong Ki-pyo 54 2010 Choi Cheol-han 3–1 Lee Chang-ho 55 2011 Cho Hanseung 3–2 Choi Cheol-han 56 2012 3–0 Choi Cheol-han 57 2013 3–1 Lee Sedol 58 2014 Park Junghwan 3–1 Cho Hanseung 59 2015 3–0 Cho Hanseung
References
External links Korea Baduk Association page (in Korean)